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CBS News:
Boosts in Democratic excitement help Harris reset the race against Trump — CBS News poll  —  Boosted by Democrats, younger and Black voters becoming more engaged and likely to vote, and by women decidedly thinking she'd favor their interests more, Vice President Kamala Harris has reset the 2024 presidential race.
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Philippe Naughton / The Daily Beast:
Trump White House Aides Desert Donald for Kamala in ‘Republicans for Harris’ Drive  —  ‘TOXIC TRUMP’  —  Defectors include former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham.  —  Dozens of well-known Republicans including a couple of former Trump White House staffers …
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris team launches GOP group with endorsements from ex-Trump officials, key Republican voices  —  Vice President Harris's campaign launched “Republicans for Harris” with more than 25 GOP endorsements, including former secretaries Chuck Hagel and Ray LaHood, as well as former GOP governors and lawmakers.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Republicans for Harris launches, aiming for Biden-like appeal to anti-Trump voters
Discussion: DNyuz and No More Mister Nice Blog
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Ex-GOP congressman Riggleman endorses Harris, rips Trump's ‘thirst for power’
Discussion: The Hill
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Scaramucci: ‘Disaster’ if Trump doesn't debate Harris
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Elon Musk PAC being investigated by Michigan secretary of state for potential violations … A political action committee backed by billionaire Elon Musk is under investigation in Michigan amid efforts to collect voter data.  —  Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has said he created …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
UAW president says Beshear, Walz are union's “top two” VP picks for Harris  —  Washington — United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain says Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are the union's top two picks for Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, though he noted that the decision is hers to make.
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Fetterman has concerns about Shapiro for VP, aides tell Harris' team
Kenneth Niemeyer / Business Insider:
Trump says he has ‘no choice’ but to support electric vehicles because Elon Musk ‘endorsed me very strongly’  — Trump said at a rally on Saturday that he supports electric vehicles because Elon Musk endorsed him.  — However, he also criticized EV infrastructure and Biden's EV mandates.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Gorsuch on Biden Supreme Court proposals: ‘Be careful’  —  The justice said an independent judiciary “means that when you're unpopular, you can get a fair hearing.”  —  Justice Neil Gorsuch is pushing back against President Joe Biden's recent proposals to restructure the Supreme Court.
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Democracy dies if we drop the case of Trump, Egypt and $10 million in cash  —  America's Founders were a little unclear about a lot of stuff — we're still arguing after 233 years about just what the heck they were saying about guns in the Second Amendment — but they seemed very adamant …
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
What's Rattling Trump: The Size of Harris's Crowds  —  The numbers game is everything to Donald J. Trump.  Vice President Kamala Harris's first big rally appears to have gotten under his skin.  —  When former President Donald J. Trump walked onto the stage at his rally in Atlanta on Saturday …
Owen Lavine / The Daily Beast:
ABC Host Received Death Threats Following Trump Interview  —  BACKLASH  —  NPR reporter Eric Deggans revealed in an X post on Saturday that ABC host Rachel Scott received death threats following her widely publicized interview with former President Donald Trump at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago.
ABC News:
Former Trump administration official Kellyanne Conway registers as lobbyist for Ukrainian billionaire with past ties to Trump  —  Victor Pinchuk donated $150,000 to Trump's charitable organization in 2015.  —  Former Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway speaks on stage on the third …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and IJR
Chas Danner / New York Magazine:
RFK Jr. Admits Planting Dead Bear in Central Park  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. probably won't win the 2024 presidential race, but when it comes to making weird admissions about past run-ins with animals, he continues to set a historic pace.  First there was his brain worm.
ProPublica:
How a Washington Tax Break for Data Centers Snowballed Into One of the State's Biggest Corporate Giveaways  —  Companies have saved $474 million since 2018, with most of the windfall going to Washington-based tech giant Microsoft.  Lawmakers repeatedly expanded who qualifies, and they lowered the number of jobs expected in return.
Discussion: The Raw Story
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
No, We Have No Idea What the Migrant Crime Rate Is  —  If you've been following the headlines, particularly coming out of America's larger cities, it's been impossible to miss all of the stories about crimes involving illegal migrants in some fashion.  In New York, for example …
Discussion: New York Post
 
 
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Robert Farley / The Hill:
Biden is a master of confronting no-win scenarios
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Discussion: Townhall
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Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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